Dumping-wagon.



No. 721,901 PATENTED Maya-1903.

A. G-LEMON. DUMPIN G WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17, 1902. N0 MODEL.

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ABBY C. LEMON, OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIE J. LEMON, OFROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

DUMPING-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,901, dated March 3,1903.

Application filed April 17, 1902.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABBY O. LEMON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Roanoke, in the county of Roanoke and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in D umping-Wagons, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in dumping-Wagons; and the objectthereof is to provide a simple and consequently a cheaplyconstructeddumping mechanism which may be readily applied to wagons and which willbe effective in operation.

To this end theinvention includes a wagonbody having a pivoted bottomsection provided with an intermediate hinge-support and a removablepivoted support for one end of said section.

The invention further includes means for releasing said pivotal supportadapted to be operated from the drivers seat; and it also includes meansfor positively tilting the pivoted section when said support is removed.

The invention also includes the details of construction, as will behereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

While theinvention is susceptible of many modifications,which willreadilysuggestthemselves, I have illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and will hereinafter describe what I now conceive to be thepreferred embodiment thereof.

As shown in the drawings, Figure l is a bottom plan View of a wagon-bodyembodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a wagon-bodyembodying the invention.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, the wagon-body is indicated at aand is provided with a bottom consisting of a rigid portion I) and ahinge rear section 0. The section 0 is intermediately supported upon andhinged to a bar 61, extending across the bottom of the wagon and boltedto the side frames 61. One end, preferably the forward end, of thesection 0 finds a support upon fixed stops or rests e, projecting fromthe rear edge of the portion 1), while the opposite or rear end of thesection 0 finds a support upon serial No. 103,340. No model.)

a pivoted arm f. The latter arm is pivoted at one end near one edge ofthe side frame d, while its other end, which projects beyond theopposite edge of the wagon, is free and provided with a suitableoperating-handle. The free end of the arm f is guided in a bracket g,secured to the frame of the wagonbottom, and it is normally pressed, bymeans of a leaf-spring h, beneath the rear edge of the section 0. Inthis position said section is-supported at one edge upon the stops e, atits central point upon the bar d, and at its rear edge upon the armf,and the bottom of the wagon is consequently closed and ready to receivethe load to be placed thereon.

To dump the wagon, the arm f is drawn back by means of its handle toremove the same from beneath the rear edge of the section 0, when thelatter may be tilted upon its hinge connection to dump the load.

To provide means to shift the armf which may be operated from thedrivers seat, I have provided an operating-lever 2', secured to across-rod Z, journaled to the section b, and this lever is connected bya link m to a second pivoted lever n, having its lower end connected tothe armf. By shifting the lever 1) the lever n is likewise shiftedthrough the medium of thelink m and the armfmoved back and forth.

Topositively tilt the section 0 when the supporting-arm f is removedfrom beneath the same, I have provided a pushing member, which consistsof a link 0 pivotally connected to the section a, near the forward endof the same, at one end and to a radial arm extending from the rod I atits other end. Thus as the lever t' is shifted the rod Z, to which thesame is rigidly connected, isrocked, and through the medium of theradial arm extending therefrom the link 0 is pushed upwardly and thesection 0 positively tilted upon the bar d. It will thus be apparentthat I have provided an exceedingly simple dumping mechanism which maybe readily applied to the ordinary-wagon without re quiring any greatreconstruction of the latter, it being only necessary to provide a hingebottom section and to apply the other mechanism to the bottom frame ofthe wagonbody.

To prevent the armf from being accidentally moved from beneath the edgeof the pivoted section 0 or by an unauthorized person, such as amischievous boy, I provide a suitable locking-pin, which is guided in anopening 1' in one of the frame members of the bottom of the body, saidpin being adapted to rest behind and in contact with the pivoted memberf.

I claim 1. The combination withawagon-body having a pivoted bottomsection of a bar forming an intermediate support therefor extending fromside to side of the wagon bottom and bolted to the frame thereof, an armproviding a support for one end of the pivoted section, said arm beingpivoted at one end to the frame of the bottom and having its free endextended beyond the side of the wagon, and provided with a handle abracket forming a guide and support for the said free end and a springsecured to said arm finding aboaring upon said bracket, said springbeing adapted to normally hold the arm beneath the edge of the pivotedsection.

2. The combination with a'wagon-body having a pivoted bottom section ofa pivoted supporting-arm therefor, means for shifting said arm from thedrivers seat, including a lever arranged adjacent to said seat, across-rod having said lever rigidly secured to the same and means forpositively tilting said pivoted section, comprising an arm extendingradially from said cross-bar and a link pivotally connected at one endthereto at its opposite end to the pivoted bottom section.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' ABBY G. LEMON.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. COOPER, WILLIAM F. HALL.

